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June 11, 2022

Follow along for performance updates and photos featuring Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, Sleater-Kinney, LOW, DāM-FunK, beabadoobee, Divide & Dissolve, and Bombino.

Rock the Garden 2022: Photos and highlights

Rock the Garden 2022: Photos and highlights

Staff • Jun 11, 2022

Follow along for performance updates and photos featuring Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, Sleater-Kinney, LOW, DāM-FunK, beabadoobee, Divide & Dissolve, and Bombino.

7 more Kate Bush songs that deserve the 'Stranger Things' treatment

7 more Kate Bush songs that deserve the 'Stranger Things' treatment

Hazel Cills, Ann Powers, Marissa Lorusso, Robin Hilton, Nisha Venkat and Jacob Ganz • Jun 11, 2022

NPR Music staffers convene to offer up the Kate Bush tracks we think deserve a powerful, paradigm-shifting sync in a television show or movie.

Syd of The Internet oozes cool at Varsity Theater

Syd of The Internet oozes cool at Varsity Theater

Jeffrey Bissoy-Mattis and Darin Kamnetz • Jun 10, 2022

The singer’s Broken Hearts Club tour stop lifted up an adoring Minneapolis audience.

Friday Five: Marvel at these stylish new Minnesota music videos

Friday Five: Marvel at these stylish new Minnesota music videos

Diane • Jun 10, 2022

New videos from Rafaella, Annie & the Bang Bang, Thomas Abban, Sophia Eris, and Hotline TNT.

FKA twigs: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert

LaTesha Harris • Jun 10, 2022

In the hallowed halls of London's St. Matthias Church, the innovative musician performs a cathartic set, including her new song "killer."

Julee Cruise, otherworldly crooner on 'Twin Peaks,' dies at 65

Julee Cruise, otherworldly crooner on 'Twin Peaks,' dies at 65

Lars Gotrich • Jun 10, 2022

Cruise's instrument, a voice of such intense calm it could be unsettling, made her a natural collaborator of director David Lynch — and, later, new-wave icons The B-52s.

89 Days of Summer: Things to do in Minneapolis, St. Paul, and beyond

89 Days of Summer: Things to do in Minneapolis, St. Paul, and beyond

Jun 10, 2022

Throughout the summer, The Current will help you enjoy the best of the season with weekly guides to events, entertainment, and recreation in the Twin Cities.

Judy Garland at 100: A starter guide beyond the Yellow Brick Road

Judy Garland at 100: A starter guide beyond the Yellow Brick Road

Aisha Harris • Jun 10, 2022

From her earliest days at MGM to The Judy Garland Show, the powerhouse entertainer was singular and enduring.

Coffee Break: Memorable Songs in TV

Coffee Break: Memorable Songs in TV

Jill Riley and Rachel Frances • Jun 10, 2022

For today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that have memorable connections to TV shows?

Phoebe Bridgers talks about her new single, 'Sidelines'

Phoebe Bridgers talks about her new single, 'Sidelines'

Jill Riley • Jun 10, 2022

From her tour stop in Toronto, singer-songwriter Phoebe Bridgers connects with The Current’s Jill Riley to talk about the single “Sidelines,” which appears on the soundtrack for the Hulu series, “Conversations with Friends.”

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